Kayla Harrison retains UFC title with fourth-round submission of Nunes
Olympic judo champion Kayla Harrison defeated MMA legend Amanda Nunes by submission in the fourth round.
Reported by The GuardianAlso reported by mmafighting.com.
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The result settles a long-awaited matchup between two of the sport's biggest names and confirms Harrison as the dominant force in women's bantamweight MMA.
In Australia. No direct Australian effect, but the fight was trending across Australia as one of the UFC's biggest events of the year.
Key facts
- 20-1
- Harrison record
- 23-6
- Nunes record
- 135 pounds bantamweight
- Weight class
- Three years
- Nunes retirement length
- Kayla Harrison successfully defended her UFC women's bantamweight championship with a fourth-round submission of Amanda Nunes at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
- Harrison, the two-time Olympic judo gold medalist, used her wrestling advantage to pin Nunes on her back for the first two rounds, landing punches and elbows to the head.
- In the fourth round, Harrison grabbed Nunes' leg, tripped her to the canvas, took her back and applied a rear-naked choke.
- Nunes quickly tapped out.
- It was Nunes' first fight in three years after ending a retirement to face Harrison.
- The victory marked Harrison's first title defence since winning the belt.
